2.6 million DuoLingo users have scraped data released

From malwarebytes.com

An unknown party has released the scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users on a hacking forum. While they offered the data set for sale in January for $1,500, it’s now been released on a new version of the Breached hacking forum for 8 site credits, worth only $2.13.

DuoLingo is an educational platform most famous for its language learning programs. According to a May 2023 press release, DuoLingo has 72.6 million monthly active users.

The scraped data among others contain email addresses, usernames, languages, and which language the users are learning.

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